Residency Program Director

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Program Director is a key member of the Family Medicine Leadership team and is tasked with leading and overseeing the SCH Family Medicine Residency Program (SFMRP), a community-based training program serving the unique health care needs of the Central New York. The Program Director is accountable for all program outcomes attained through the leadership and administrative oversight of the residency program. Tasked with working to ensure the success of institutional and departmental strategic missions, the Program Director has the authority to manage the program and faculty who serve the missions of the residency program and institution. Direct involvement in patient care is crucial, as well as continuous supervision of the residents, mentoring, and direct teaching of the residents. (40%)

Family Medicine Physician responsibilities include providing primary health care to center patients within the structure of the family practice model; in addition, serves on committees, discharges administrative responsibilities, attends departmental meetings; participates in night and weekend on-call coverage rotation. Will assume teaching responsibilities as assigned; assures professional supervision of Nurse Practitioners, Midwives or Physician Assistant provider personnel, including professional interaction with provider support personnel. (60%)

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle objects; controls, reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.